mexking wrote:

Collecting Vintage B&O is not a hobby, its a lifestyle

I myself maybe because I can hardly expect anything more durable and yet timeless in design and with that warm embrassing crisp sound........As proven........Thanks for all views!

Rich wrote:

Shouldn't you be celebrating your birthday?

I did, I did, The crowd was mostly impressed with a working Beocord 5000, of course I had to demonstrate the recording function, then the BM 4000 with the TX2 (the one repaired with kitchen utensils)  was brought to life with a 3 pesos, Dixieland Jazz record, blasting from the Beovox 3702, I then went back to the stack and ran my best rocking girls on the BG CD50.

That one reason why I'm into vintage.

Because they have that character 

Ricardo: - I was merely trying to open up a friendly discussion in order to establish why people stick to what they have incl myself........

You certainly don't have to explain or justify to me, - that's for sure!😂

beotoss wrote:

Ricardo: - I was merely trying to open up a friendly discussion in order to establish why people stick to what they have incl myself........

You certainly don't have to explain or justify to me, - that's for sure!😂

The men in the white coats - they'll be coming to take us away.

Ricardo wrote:

The men in the white coats - they'll be coming to take us away.

I love those men, in their pretty white coats

Søren Mexico wrote:

Ricardo wrote:

The men in the white coats - they'll be coming to take us away.

I love those men, in their pretty white coats

I, for one, welcome our new white-coated overlords.

I imagine the reason are as varied as we all are. For some, it's an affordable way to get a high style audio setup. For some it's nostalgia, for some a preference for older media types, tape, LP, etc. For those who were original owners, it may be that they still fully meet the needs of the owner so why change?

I think my experience is not unusual. In the 16 or so years after college, I went thru 4 pairs of speakers, 2 turntables, 3 CD players, 2 cassette decks, and at least 4 or 5 amps/receivers/integrateds. In the 15 years since I've gotten my BS9000/BL8000 setup and went back to my Beogram 3000, nothing changed in my audio setup except adding a PC music server. I've had no reason to change anything, as I've been completely happy with the B&O. I think that's a lot of B&Os philosophy, sell you something that is satisfying to your senses, all of them, and that performs well and is easy to use. It's also part of the difference between B&O owners in general and audiophiles, I doubt most B&O owners churn equipment like most audiophiles do. We tend to get what we want, and just use it to listen to music.

For many it's also a way to work on old gear and restore something they feel is actually worth restoring.

This is of course the beauty of B&O for us, and its curse for B&O! If you sell something that lasts 30 years, you don't get as many repeat sales! Take the iPhone - nicely made, easy to use, high quality materials. But a new one every couple of years! B&O on the other hand keep a similar look for years even if the mechanics actually change. Much less incentive to change! The US car industry also used to have the regular change of design for each model year, even if the car actually stayed pretty much the same.